Ready for Love is an Americanrealitymatchmaking competition television series that aired for three weeks on NBC in April 2013 and six subsequent weeks on NBC.com. The series was scheduled to air Tuesdays from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm Eastern and Pacific time, and premiered in that slot on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The series was hosted by Giuliana and Bill Rancic.[1] The show featured three bachelors and includes three matchmakers and a field of 36 bachelorettes.[2]

On April 19, 2013, after two low-rated episodes, NBC pulled the Eva Longoria produced Ready for Love from its schedule.[3] The last episode to air on NBC was the April 23 segment. The remaining six episodes were placed online on Tuesdays via the network's website, Hulu, the network's cable video on demand service, and iTunes and Amazon Video for purchase, until the June 4 finale.[4]

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Episodes of Ready for Love run for two hours, and the series debuted on April 9, 2013.[5] It was placed on the Tuesday schedule where it aired immediately after The Voice.[5] It had originally been planned for a Sunday night slot as the lead-in to The Apprentice before NBC reshuffled its spring 2013 schedule; the Tuesday time slot was regarded as an upgrade because The Voice is a strong lead-in, and the network hoped the show would attract the viewers who had previously watched The Bachelor on Tuesdays.[5][6][7]

The show was a matchmaking show with the goal of finding romantic partners for three eligible bachelors.[1] Producer Eva Longoria selected the bachelors for the show: Dallas-based financier Ben Patton, Santa Barbara-based Plain White T's member Tim Lopez and Miami-based entrepreneur Ernesto Argüello.[2] Eligible women applied online to matchmakers Amber Kelleher-Andrews, Tracy McMillan and Matthew Hussey. Each of the three bachelors had a field of twelve bachelorettes that were chosen for him: each matchmaker selected four women per bachelor.[1][2] The women applied via a specially designed Facebookapp that introduced the participants via a Ready For Love Facebook page as well as a Facebook timeline.[1] The intent was that as the season evolved, each of the three bachelors would find a romantic partner from among the twelve bachelorettes chosen for him while the audience observed the process.[1]

Sonia Saraiya of The A.V. Club gave the premiere episode an "F" grade, calling it "a catastrophe of a television show", "pure evil", "boring, superficial, and bland" and its treatment of the contestants "despicable".[8]

Despite aggressive promotion and having The Voice as a lead-in,[9] its premiere only brought in 3.67 million viewers with a 1.5 rating. In terms of viewership, only 27.6% of its lead-in stayed to watch it. In terms of the 18–49 category, it only retained 34.1% of its lead in.[10]